UNESCO Ethics Education Workshop
Venue: Science Centre for Education, 924 Sukhumvit Rd, Bangkok
9am-4pm, 23 March 2009
No registration fee, lunch included.
Prior registrations to rushsap@unescobkk.org
Aim: the workshop will focus on methodologies of teaching ethics, with particular emphasis on application and integration of Asia-Pacific ethical knowledge, epistemology and ideas into teaching ethics. The examples will include both medical ethics, biotechnology, public health and environmental issues. Workshop objectives include:
- Participants will learn what are the means, methods and resources to examine and teach ethical issues
- Participants will share experience and develop skills to teach ethics of science and technology. They will receive feedback from experienced experts
- Participants will develop/revise their curriculum and teaching programs.
Faculty: The workshop will be led by Drs. Lindsey Conner and Darryl Macer, experienced facilitators in international bioethics education who have worked globally and in Asia-Pacific, at all levels of education, and in training many different social stakeholders.
Bioethics teaching material can be found at: www.unescobkk.org/rushsap/ethics-resources/multilingual-material/